Data Engineer Senior H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).

Employers filed 26 wage applications for Data Engineer Senior jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 12 employers. The median offered wage was $143,707, 10.8% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. filed the most (6, median $117,810).

Filings: 26
Positions covered: 25
Employers: 12
Median offered: $143,707
Median prevailing wage: $134,971
Filings since FY2020: 190
Median offer change since FY2021: +11%

Data Engineer Senior, all employers26 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$143,707Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$117,000 to $163,090Where the middle half of the filings fall

$134,971Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Data Engineer Senior jobs rose 11%, from $125,000 in fiscal 2021 to $138,187 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 10.2% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 46 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.

Data Engineer Senior by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	14	$138,187	−7.9%	$133,318	+10.2%
2025	45	$150,116	+4.4%	$138,674	+10.0%
2024	28	$143,849	+9.0%	$122,450	+10.1%
2023	31	$132,000	−1.4%	$108,181	+7.9%
2022	46	$133,900	+7.1%	$109,574	+19.7%
2021	22	$125,000	−9.1%	$110,344	+6.2%
2020	4	$137,546	n/a	$128,461	+6.6%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.	6	$117,810	+18.7%
Starbucks Coffee Company	4	$157,238	+9.8%
United Services Automobile Association	3	$167,648	+9.6%
Republic National Distributing Company	2	$141,066	+6.6%
Cummins Inc.	2	$106,267	+0.7%
Pacific Gas and Electric Company	2	$163,120	+17.6%
Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corp	2	$143,707	+105.4%
Arthur J. Gallagher Service Company, LLC	1	$138,000	+1.5%
Meritor, Inc.	1	$88,800	+9.5%
Geisinger System Services	1	$117,000	at the minimum
Munich Re America Services, Inc.	1	$226,000	+28.4%
Group Health, Inc.	1	$105,643	+12.9%

Where Data Engineer Senior jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Birmingham, AL	4	$115,500	+18.7%
Seattle, WA	4	$157,238	+9.8%
Altamonte Springs, FL	2	$143,707	+105.4%
Atlanta, GA	2	$141,066	+6.6%
Columbus, IN	2	$106,267	+0.7%
Oakland, CA	2	$163,120	+17.6%
San Antonio, TX	2	$165,369	+11.1%
Bloomington, MN	1	$105,643	+12.9%
Farmers Branch, TX	1	$138,373	+2.5%
Katy, TX	1	$117,000	at the minimum
Pittsburgh, PA	1	$117,810	+20.0%
Plano, TX	1	$171,847	+9.5%
Princeton, NJ	1	$226,000	+28.4%
San Diego, CA	1	$138,000	+1.5%
Troy, MI	1	$88,800	+9.5%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%

Level II, qualified0%

Level III, experienced57%

Level IV, fully competent43%

The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.

What these numbers are

They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.